Stafholt administrator Danielle St. Germain was recently sworn in as the multi-skilled nursing facility representative on the Washington Health Care Association (WHCA) Board of Directors.
St. Germain was voted into the board and officially stepped into the position at the annual WHCA meeting in Tacoma on May 19. The WHCA supports assisted living and skilled nursing facilities in Washington state.
“This is a huge accomplishment, and extremely rare to have a representative up north, let alone in Blaine,” wrote Leah Buress, chief nursing officer at Stafholt, in a statement.
St. Germain has been the administrator of Stafholt Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia since last summer. A Western Washington University graduate, she’s worked in health care for the past decade. St. Germain worked as a social worker at Avamere St. Francis in Bellingham and Bellingham Healthcare before serving as an administrator in Vancouver, Washington for the past two years.
In her nomination letter, St. Germain said she wanted to join the board to improve healthcare outcomes for vulnerable populations, such as the elderly and those with disabilities, and to advocate for quality and affordable health care.
